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kermt-pretrain-scratch

Q: What is a Claude Code skill and how does the kermt-pretrain-scratch skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. kermt-pretrain-scratch is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Engineering category. Learn more at https://claudskills.com/learn/what-is-skill-md/.

Category: Engineering · Sub-category: architecture · Last updated: 2026-10-25

Pretrain a fresh KERMT model from scratch on a user-provided corpus. Builds a new vocabulary from the corpus, instantiates the model architecture from defaults, and launches pretrain_ddp.py inside the kermt container (detached for long runs). Unlike kermt-continue-pretrain, no starting checkpoint is loaded — the model is randomly initialized.

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From the source SKILL.md

Pretrain a brand-new KERMT model from scratch on a user-provided corpus. Useful when you want to retrain a model on a custom chemistry domain rather than extending one of the released checkpoints. Significantly more expensive than kermt-continue-pretrain — no warm start, so the loss curves need to descend from scratch over many epochs.

What this skill does

kermt-pretrain-scratch is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the architecture sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/bionemo-kermt-pretrain-scratch/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The kermt-pretrain-scratch Claude Code skill is built for software engineers, backend developers, full-stack teams, and technical leads building and maintaining production systems. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 211,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/bionemo-kermt-pretrain-scratch
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/bionemo-kermt-pretrain-scratch/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/bionemo-kermt-pretrain-scratch/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/bionemo-kermt-pretrain-scratch/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/bionemo-kermt-pretrain-scratch/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\bionemo-kermt-pretrain-scratch\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the kermt-pretrain-scratch Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/bionemo-kermt-pretrain-scratch/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.

What does the kermt-pretrain-scratch skill do?

Is this skill free to install?

Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.

When should I use the kermt-pretrain-scratch skill?

Use kermt-pretrain-scratch when your Claude Code task falls under the Engineering category — specifically in the architecture area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use kermt-pretrain-scratch" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/engineering/.

What is a Claude Code skill and how does the kermt-pretrain-scratch skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. kermt-pretrain-scratch is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Engineering category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

Attribution & license

Source: https://github.com/NVIDIA/skills/blob/HEAD/skills/bionemo-kermt-pretrain-scratch/SKILL.md
License: Apache-2.0
Author: NVIDIA
Website: https://docs.nvidia.com/skills

Cite this skill

If you reference this skill in a blog post, paper, or documentation, you can cite it as:

APA

NVIDIA. (2026). kermt-pretrain-scratch [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/bionemo-kermt-pretrain-scratch/

BibTeX

@misc{bionemo-kermt-pretrain-scratch-2026,
  author    = {NVIDIA},
  title     = {kermt-pretrain-scratch [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/bionemo-kermt-pretrain-scratch/}
}

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